Improvement in game-boards



W. HARMON. Game-Board.

No. 222,272. Patented Dec. 2. I879;

INVENTOR WASHWGTON a C vTo all whom it may concern:

UNITEDSTATESPATE/NT OFFICE."

WILLIAM HARMON, OF WASHINGTON, no, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF or nrsnrenr TO ZAGHARY T. EBERBACH, or SAME PLACE, j; a

IMPROVEMENT .IN GAM E-BOARDS.

Specification forming'part of Letters Patent No. 222,279, dated December 2, 1879; applicaiion'filed May 19, 1879. a

Be it known that LWILLIAM HARMON, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia,

have inventedand constructed a Game-Board,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification. a

"My improved gameaboard is made up of a combination of diti'erent kinds of boards, and

can be used in the playing of drafts, (or checkers,) chess, backgammon, cribbage, whist, and

' pedro.

The invention consists, essentially, .of a

board, round, square, or ofother desired form,

having on the facesurface a square figure centrally' located, and divided into sixty four smaller squares, and around the central or main square is arranged a series of forty-eight points, there being twelve points upon each of the four sides of the square, upon which can be played the four-handed game of backgarnmon.

Referring tothe drawing, from the point A to A! represents one-half of the'board ina circular shape, *the points 00 in the upper corner-representing cribbage, whist, and pedro counters. Fromthe point B to B represents onehalf of the board in a equare shape, with corners rounded, the points D D representing cribbage, whist, and pedro counters.

The board as organizedcan be used by two, three, or four persons playing. together the game of backgammon, or by four persons playing two separate and distinct games of backgammon. It is also, by means of the corner counters or devices, adapted forusein the games of cribbage, whist, and ,pedro. Y My invention can be constructed of wood or other suitable material, and the division squares and points made bye-either inlaying orpainting; or they can be printed on paper and mono t ed on card-board orthe board can'be manufactured as atable oil-cloth, in .each case suitable colors being used to produce the necessary effects.

Having thus described my invention, what' I claim as new is 1'. Agame-board, composed of wood or other suitable material, having a central square figure divided into sixty-four smaller squares, around the four equal sides of which are fortyeight points, there being twelve on each side, all substantially as described and showna 2. A game-board with central squarefigure divided into sixty-four smaller squares, witha series of forty-eight points, arranged in clusters of twelve points on each side of the central square, the clusters of twelve points being separated at the angle of the central'division by a triangular space containing counters for cribbage, whist, and pedro, all' sub- 

